Carbureter.



PATBNTBD Nov. 1, 1904..

V. C. SBVERANGE.

GARBURETER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 4. 1904.

IlNiTs STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

PATENT Ormea.

VERNE C. SEVERANCE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PEOPLES INDIVIDUALGAS COMPANY', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA.

CARBURETER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,682, dated'November1,1904.

Application'fled May 4, 1904'. Serial No. 206,269. (No model.) l l Torr/ZZ whom, it may conce/Naf Y Be it known that I, VERNE C. SEvERANoE, acitizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, residingat Chicago, inthe countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Carbureters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incarbureters; and its object is to produce a device of this class whichshall have certain advantages which will appear more fully and at largein the course of this specification. Y

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features which areshown in the accompanying drawings and described herein.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure l is a section through a gas-machinefitted with my improved carbureter, the line of the section beingindicated by the line l l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section inthe line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section'in the line 3 3of Fig. 1 through the carbureter.

Fig. L is a perspective view of the carbureter inverted, the bottomplate and wicks beingA removed; and Fig. 5 is a'perspective view of oneof the wicks and frame for supporting-the same.

Referring to the drawings, it will beseen plate is mounted a frame B.(Shown inverted in Fig. 4.)- `This frame is in the form of a hollow boxopen at the bottom and is provided with a plurality oflongitudinally-eX- tending partitions Bl B2, terminating a shortdistance above the bottom of the carbureter. These partitions arepreferably cast integral with the frame and divide the space within thesame into a plurality of longitudinal passages. The partitions B areperforated at one end, and the partitions B2 are perforated at theopposite end, so that a tortuous passage is provided through the entireseries of longitudinal passages, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 4.

The partitions B B2 and the outer Walls of the frame B, adjacentthereto, are provided with vertical guides eacln'consisting of twovertical ribs b, cast integral with the walls and partitions, asillustrated, and in these guides are placed hollow rectangular frames C,over each of which are stretched two sheets of cloth or other absorbentmaterial adapted to serve as wicks.

An inlet-pipe D opens into the hollow frame B at one end of the`tortuous passage described and connects thev carbureter with a suitableair-pump E, driven by any desiredv mechanism. At the opposite end of thetortuous passage from the inlet-pipe is a chamber F, closed at the topand bottom and preferably cast integral with the frame B. This chamber,which is best seen in Fig. 8, is provided with an inlet-pipe f, openinginto the hollow of the frame. I prefer to cast this pipe into the frame,supporting it in the core which forms the hollow of the chamber F. AneXhaust-pipef leads outof this chamber and conducts away the gas formedin the carbureter. Two valves f2 are provided by which water may beintroduced into and re- `moved from the chamber F, the level of thewater being maintained above the lower end of the pipe f.

When the frame B is placed in position on the base A, a hollow boXhaving a tortuous passage intercepted by a plurality of absorbent wicksis formed, the partitions being supported a short distance above thebase of the carbureter.

Vhen the structure is assembled, a volatile liquid hydrocarbon can beplaced in the carbureter vthrough a iilling-pipe B3, the level of theliquid being above the level of the lower ends of the wicks andlongitudinal partitions. If air is then pumped through the device, itwill pass through the tortuous passage and through the wicks,volatilizing the hydrocarbon and forming a combustible gas. The gas willthen pass through the chamber F, bubbling up through water therein andbeing purified thereby. rIhe gas will then pass out through theoutlet-pipe f and can be distributed in any desirable way. Theoutlet-pipe f connects with the air-pump E through a pipe f2, in whichis a valvef. By this means air from the pump can be mixed with the gascoming from the carbureter to rarefy the mixture, if necessary.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of thisconstruction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and Itherefore do not intend to limit myself to the details herein shown anddescribed.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y l. In a deviceof the class described, the combination witha suitable base-plate, of ahollow rectangular frame closed at the top and openA at the bottom,mounted'upon said base-plate, longitudinal partitions within said frameand integral therewith, terminating above the level of the base-plate,integral ribs on said partitions, frames supported by said ribs andwicks stretched over said frames.

2. In a device of the class descri bed,the combination with a suitablebaseplate, of a hollow rectangular frame closed at the top and open atthe bottom, mounted upon said base-plate, a plurality of partitionsforming a tortuous passage through said frame, walls integral with theframe inclosing a hollow chamber, an

outlet-pipe leading from the upper part of said chamber and a pipeleading from the tortuous passage into the upper portion of saidchamber, said pipe being turned down and terminating in the lowerportion of said chamber.

3. In a device of the class described,the combination with a base-plate,of a hollow rectangular frame closed at the top and open at the bottom,mounted upon said base-plate, a plurality of partitions forming atortuous passage through said frame. walls integral with the frameinclosing a hollow chamber, an outlet-pipe leading from the upper partof said chamber and a pipe cast into said walls leading from thetortuous passage into the upper portion of said chamber,said pipe beingturned down and terminating in the lower portion of said chamber.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for LettersPatent, at Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, this2d day of May, A. D. 1904.

VERNE C. SEVERANCE.

IVitnesses:

RUSSELL NILES, CHAs. O. SHERVEY.

